I start my preop diet on 8/19 for my 9/2 surgery. I work in sales and have 2 high level meetings during my preop. The first meeting is on 8/19, but I think I'll be ok to just have a Protein shake then because lunch is being brought in. My problem is that I have a lunch meeting on 8/27 and there's no way of getting out of it. It will be at a restaurant and with a client I've never met so I don't really want to get into my diet.

So my question is...is there a way that (for that day only) that I can eat my "dinner" for lunch and just have a Protein Shake for dinner? Will it ruin the whole preop if I do that?? Any answers would be great! Thanks!!

it'll probably be fine; run it by your surgeon to be sure!

it will be fine just do it

I start my preop diet on 8/19 for my 9/2 surgery. I work in sales and have 2 high level meetings during my preop. The first meeting is on 8/19, but I think I'll be ok to just have a Protein shake then because lunch is being brought in. My problem is that I have a lunch meeting on 8/27 and there's no way of getting out of it. It will be at a restaurant and with a client I've never met so I don't really want to get into my diet.

So my question is...is there a way that (for that day only) that I can eat my "dinner" for lunch and just have a protein shake for dinner? Will it ruin the whole preop if I do that?? Any answers would be great! Thanks!!

Megan, I'm on Day 8 of pre surgery liquid.. no problem... I suggest you order some kind of salad with chicken on top... and dressing some kind of light dressing on the side. Then mostly eat the chicken (protein) and some of the salad with as little dressing as you can get away with. Your lunch appointment won't even think twice. That's how "thin" people eat. Then I've been drinking ice Water with lemon slices in it when I go out with anyone, instead of soda.. I hate tea. The other day I went to Chinese with someone for a business lunch and I had cabbage Soup and ate the broth only, which is on the diet... so soup is an option also.

Hope those suggestions help.

I'm sure you'll be fine. I don't see how that could cause you any serious problems at all.

I also wanted to suggest that you go on-line to look at the restaurant's menu (or call the restaurant and have them e-mail or fax it to you) before the lunch. There may be something on there that will work with your diet.

Even if you go with the plan to treat that lunch as your dinner, I find that it made me much less anxious (and much less likely to screw up) if I planned what I was going to order in advance.

Good luck with the meetings! These sacrifices are going to be SO WORTH IT! :sad:

Catherine

can i ask why some doctors require a pre opt diet,and my surgeon said eat 3 small meals a day, except for the day of your surgery no food after 9 p.m,, just asking>>if you knw

can i ask why some doctors require a pre opt diet,and my surgeon said eat 3 small meals a day, except for the day of your surgery no food after 9 p.m,, just asking>>if you knw

The purpose of the pre-op diet is to shrink the size of your liver. If your liver is discovered to be too big when opened up for surgery, many doctors won't perform the procedure because there is a risk of puncturing the liver and other complications. The diet is aimed at shrinking the liver to hopefully avoid that situation from happening.

ok i see why now,but our surgeon recomends you lose 10 percent body wirght before surgery,and we had like meetings with psych,nutritionist,exercise classes before surgery.

yea each surgeon has a different protocol. The main thing is low carb/sugar. I had to follow a low carb low fat high protein diet using medifast liquid products, not tasty at all!

So I talked to the nutritionist and she said it was fine to move my meals around. I had the lunch and actually found it very easy!! Thanks, all!!:frown: